Hello,


I've a problem when my Slackware 9.1 tries to load the soundcard driver.
It's a PC in dual-boot with an old Mandrake, and with this one, the soundcard
worked (and works still...) well, so, I begin to give informations I get with
this distrib (I erase most of lines out of topic):

[gv@spirou gv]$ cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0220-022f : soundblaster
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0340-035f : NE2000
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037f : parport0
0388-038b : Yamaha OPL3
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
0778-077a : parport0
9000-9007 : ide0
9008-900f : ide1
[gv@spirou gv]$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 51250 XT-PIC timer
1: 855 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 6649 XT-PIC serial
7: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
11: 2199 XT-PIC NE2000
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 168145 XT-PIC ide0
15: 7 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
[gv@spirou gv]$ cat /etc/conf.modules
alias sound sb
options -k sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1
alias midi opl3
options -k opl3 io=0x388
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x340 irq=11
[gv@spirou gv]$ dmesg
Linux version 2.2.14-15mdk (root@kenobi.mandrakesoft.com) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20 CET 2000
(...)
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
SB 3.01 detected OK (220)
ESS chip ES688 detected
YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x340: 00 c0 f0 24 95 90
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x340, using IRQ 11.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [SPP,EPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2]
parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
lp0: using parport0 (polling).

Now what I get with my Slackware :

[gv@spirou gv]$ cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0213-0213 : isapnp read
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0340-035f : eth0
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037a : parport0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
0a79-0a79 : isapnp write
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
9000-900f : Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]
9000-9007 : ide0
9008-900f : ide1
[gv@spirou gv]$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 16812 XT-PIC timer
1: 367 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 6 XT-PIC serial
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
11: 3 XT-PIC NE2000
13: 0 XT-PIC fpu
14: 1831 XT-PIC ide0
15: 6 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
[gv@spirou gv]$ dmesg
Linux version 2.4.22 (root@midas) (gcc version 3.2.3) #6 Tue Sep 2 17:43:01 PDT 2003
(...)
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: Card 'ESS PnP AudioDrive'
isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
Last modified Nov 1, 2000 by Paul Gortmaker
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x340: 00 c0 f0 24 95 90
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x340, using IRQ 11.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
blk: queue c03a9d80, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
blk: queue c03a9ebc, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)

So, I've used alsaconf to setup the soundcard, and this utility detects
a ES968 soundcard. I,'ve gone to the end of the process, and now, my
/etc/modules.conf is modified this way :


alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x340 irq=11

# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-es968
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd major=116 cards_limit=1
options snd-es968 index=0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

But that doesn't work... I get no sound, aplay gives this sort of warning:

bash-2.05b# aplay test.wav
aplay: main:484: audio open error: No such device

And I find this warning with dmesg :

ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/isa/sb/es968.c:232: no ES968 based soundcards found

I've tried a lot of attempts, like adding parameters in modules.conf :

options snd-es968 index=0 port=0x220 irq=7 dma1

no change :-(

I've commented out all the alsa-relating lines in modules.conf, and
tried to use the old sb module, with the same parameters than with
the Mandrake :

bash-2.05b# modprobe -v sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.22/modules.dep
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o.gz
Symbol version prefix ''
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/uart401.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/uart401.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb_lib.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb_lib.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz failed
# delete sb_lib
# delete uart401
# delete sound

:-(

Because the kernel of the Mandrake found an ES688 card, I've changed the
modules.conf this way :

# --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-es1688
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd major=116 cards_limit=1
options snd-es1688
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

And retry to load this module
bash-2.05b# modprobe -v snd-es1688
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.22/modules.dep
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-device.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-device.o.gz
Symbol version prefix ''
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-rawmidi.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-rawmidi.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-timer.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-timer.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688-lib.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688-lib.o.gz
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz failed
# delete snd-es1688-lib
# delete snd-pcm
# delete snd-page-alloc
# delete snd-opl3-lib
# delete snd-hwdep
# delete snd-timer
# delete snd-mpu401-uart
# delete snd-rawmidi
# delete snd-seq-device
/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.o.gz: insmod snd-es1688 failed

And see this message with dmesg :
ESS AudioDrive ES1688 soundcard not found or device busy


So what...?

I wonder if the problem could'nt come from the irq 7, maybe shared by the
parport (see the message from the Slackware kernel at boot-time), but this
irq isn't displayed in /proc/interrupts.

Any suggestion ?

Thanks in advance,

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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:11:30 +0000, Gauthier Vandemoortele wrote:
> I've tried a lot of attempts, like adding parameters in modules.conf :

That is the thing to do. However, your changes are not being used:

> bash-2.05b# modprobe -v sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 Note: /etc/modules.conf
> is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.22/modules.dep /sbin/insmod
[snip]
> Any suggestion ?

Run "depmod -a" after any edit of modules.conf.

"cat /proc/isapnp", is the device activated? For that matter, is the
isapnp driver loading at all?
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